📝 Google Project has API Keys 🟢

• Contextual name: 📝 Google Project has API Keys 🟢
• ID: /ce/ca/google/project/api-keys-for-active-services
• Located in: 📁 Google Project

Flags

• 🟢 Policy with categories
• 🟢 Policy with type
• 🟢 Production policy

Our Metadata

• Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
• Policy Category:
  • SECURITY

Similar Policies

• Cloud Conformity
  • API Keys Should Only Exist for Active Services

Logic

• 🧠 prod.logic.yaml 🟠🟢
  • 📕 Google Project
  • 🧪 test-data.json

Description

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Description

API Keys should only be used for services in cases where other authentication methods are unavailable. Unused keys with their permissions in tact may still exist within a project. Keys are insecure because they can be viewed publicly, such as from within a browser, or they can be accessed on a device where the key resides. It is recommended to use standard authentication flow instead.

Rationale

To avoid the security risk in using API keys, it is recommended to use standard authentication flow instead. Security risks involved in using API-Keys appear below:

• API keys are simple encrypted strings
• API keys do not identify the user or the application making the API request
• API keys are typically accessible to clients, making it easy to discover and steal an API key

Impact

Deleting an API key will break dependent applications (if any).

Audit

From Console

1. From within the Project you wish to audit Go to APIs & Services\Credentials.
2. In the section API Keys, no API key should be listed.

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Remediation

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Remediation

From Console

1. Go to APIs & Services\Credentials
2. In the section API Keys, to delete API Keys: Click the Delete Bin Icon in front of every API Key Name.

From Google Cloud Command Line

1. Run the following from within the project you wish to audit

   gcloud services api-keys list --filter

2. Pipe the results into

   gcloud alpha services api-keys delete

policy.yaml

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Linked Framework Sections

Section	Sub Sections	Internal Rules	Policies	Flags
💼 CIS GCP v3.0.0 → 💼 1.12 Ensure API Keys Only Exist for Active Services - Level 2 (Automated)			1
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 Cryptographic Configuration			8